Does Queen's University give transfer credit for IB French A: Literature HL?
Kingston, ON
Yes, Transfer Credit Available!
Minimum Grade Required
Credit Granted
FREN 2UNS (6.0 units)
Generic Credit: Unassigned credit, not a specific course. How it applies to your degree is determined by your faculty, and it may not replace a mandatory prerequisite for your major.
Health Sciences students: A score of 6 or higher is required to use this credit as a prerequisite for upper-year FREN courses. A score of 5 grants the 6.0 units but may not unlock upper-year registration.
Engineering exception: In Smith Engineering, French A or B HL is credited as 6.0 units toward Complementary Studies (Performance Arts & Languages), not as FREN 150. Max 6.0 Complementary Studies units from all IB credits combined.
Course note: FREN 150 is a legacy course code; it has been replaced by FREN 151 (3.0) and FREN 152 (3.0). The IB transfer credit still maps to FREN 150 and satisfies the same prerequisites.
💡Expert's Take
Yes, 6.0 units at a score of 5 or higher, but the credit is unspecified. Across most faculties you receive FREN 2UNS, a 200-level unspecified credit that counts toward your degree's unit total but does not serve as a prerequisite for upper-year French courses (Queen's IB transfer credit tables).
The two IB French A streams are treated differently. French A: Language and Literature HL earns FREN 150, a specified equivalent that acts as a prerequisite gateway to upper-year FREN courses at a minimum score of 5 (Health Sciences requires 6 or higher for that access). French A: Literature HL earns FREN 2UNS: Queen's recognizes the work as advanced but has not matched it to a course in its catalogue, so it functions as elective credit and unlocks no prerequisite chains.
Arts, Science, Computing, Health Sciences, Nursing, and Smith Commerce all award FREN 2UNS for this subject. Smith Engineering is the exception: IB French A of either stream is grouped together and awarded as 6.0 units of "Performance Arts and Languages" credit toward the faculty's Complementary Studies requirements.
What to watch for:
- Your exact score changes nothing above 5. Because FREN 2UNS carries no prerequisite access in any faculty, a 5 and a 7 deliver the same 6.0 elective units. The Health Sciences score-of-6 rule applies only to FREN 150, so it does not affect this subject.
- If you are considering a French plan: FREN 2UNS does not substitute for any required plan course, and the gateway into all French degree plans is FREN 152, so the placement test still decides where you enter the sequence.
- Credit deadline: you must submit your IB results to Queen's by the end of fall term of your first year. Students who miss this deadline are considered to have declined transfer credit, and this decision is irreversible.
If you are not pursuing French Studies, FREN 2UNS is straightforward value: 6.0 units of elective credit with no strings attached. Accept it. If you are planning to study French, the Department of French Studies Undergraduate Chair is the only office that can confirm whether an unspecified credit counts toward plan requirements, so ask before your first term.
Official award line (IB French A: Literature HL):
Minimum score: 5
Credit granted (Arts, Science, Computing, Health Sciences, Nursing, Smith Commerce): FREN 2UNS, 6.0 units (unspecified 200-level French)
Credit granted (Smith Engineering): Performance Arts and Languages, 6.0 units (Complementary Studies)
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Your Potential Savings
Credit Awarded
6
unit (1 course = 3 units)
Ontario Resident
~$207-$503/unit
~$1,241 - $3,021
Potential Tuition Value
(Arts and Science to Commerce)
Out-of-Province
~$259-$630/unit
~$1,553 - $3,779
Potential Tuition Value
International
~$1,494-$1,844/unit
~$8,962 - $11,062
Potential Tuition Value
(varies by faculty)
*2026-27 tuition-only rates. Values assume the award replaces tuition you would otherwise pay. Actual cash savings can be $0 under flat-rate or full-time billing unless credit reduces a billed term or time to completion.
📊 Compare French A: Literature HL at Other Universities
See how French A: Literature HL transfer credits compare across Canadian universities. Click column headers to sort.
| University | Min Grade | Credit Granted | Tuition Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton UniversityOttawa, ON | 5/7 | FREN 1XXX (1.0) | View estimate | → | |
| Concordia UniversityMontreal, Quebec | 4/7 | 9 transfer credits toward the 120-credit Extended … | View estimate | → | |
| Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, NS | 5/7 | French 2999.06 (elective) | View estimate | → | |
| Lakehead UniversityThunder Bay, ON | 5/7 | French 1200 | View estimate | → | |
| McGill UniversityMontreal, QC | 5/7 | FREN 1XX (6 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| McMaster UniversityHamilton, ON | 5/7 | 6 units of unspecified Level 1 French | View estimate | → | |
| Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby, BC | 5/7 | SFU FREN 1XX (6), or SFU FREN 1XX (3) + WL 1XX (3)… | View estimate | → | |
| Toronto Metropolitan UniversityToronto, ON | 5/7 | 2 Language LLS | View estimate | → | |
| University of AlbertaEdmonton, AB | 6/7 | FREN 100-level (3 units) + FREN 211 (3 units) | View estimate | → | |
| University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC | 5/7 | FREN_V 311 + FREN_V 3rd-year level (6 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| University of CalgaryCalgary, Alberta | 5/7 | FREN 315 | View estimate | → | |
| University of GuelphGuelph, ON | 5/7 | HUMN 9110 (0.50 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| University of ManitobaWinnipeg, MB | 4/7 | FREN 1200: French 1 (6) | View estimate | → | |
| University of OttawaOttawa, ON | 5/7 | FRA 1710 + FRA 1720 (6 units) | View estimate | → | |
| University of ReginaRegina, SK | 5/7 | Individual evaluation | View estimate | → | |
| University of TorontoToronto, ON | 5/7 | FRE1**Y (1.0 credit) | View estimate | → | |
| University of VictoriaVictoria, BC | 4/7 | FRAN 120 (3 units) | View estimate | → | |
| University of WaterlooWaterloo, ON | 5/7 | FR 1XX (0.5 units), elective credit | View estimate | → | |
| Western UniversityLondon, ON | 5/7 | French 1910 (1.0 credit) | View estimate | → | |
| York UniversityToronto, ON | 5/7 | Unspecified credit (6 credits) | View estimate | → | |
| Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, NL | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → | |
| Ontario Tech UniversityOshawa, ON | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → | |
| University of New BrunswickFredericton & Saint John, NB | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → | |
| University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon, SK | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → | |
| University of WindsorWindsor, ON | N/A | Not yet verified | — | → |
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Last updated: July 2026
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